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Date:      Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:39:13 +0300
From:      Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
To:        Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Cannot type anything with my keyboard in GNOME Desktop Environment
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boot into single user mode and remount root filesystem read-write and mount a=
ll other fses this way:

mount -u -o rw /
mount -a

Then you can edit rc.conf


> 25 apr 2014 kl. 11:28 skrev Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com>:
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> Dear Mark,
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> I can't modify /etc/rc.conf. I can't use my keyboard. The system keeps
> rebooting into gdm. I can't use Single User Mode either. The root
> filesystem is mounted read-only. I can't make changes to /etc/rc.conf. Wha=
t
> can I do?
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> Thank you.
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> Regards,
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> Teo En Ming
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>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> wrote=
:
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>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Teo En Ming <teo.en.ming@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I have just installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE amd64 as a virtual machine/gue=
st
>> operating system under Oracle VM Virtualbox 4.3.10. My host operating
>> system is Windows 8.1 64-bit.
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>> I have just installed X server, gnome, and gdm with the following command=
s:
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>> # pkg install xorg
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>> # pkg install gnome2
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>> # pkg install nano
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>> # nano /etc/fstab
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>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>=20
>> proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>=20
>> # nano /etc/rc.conf
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>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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>> gdm_enable=3D"YES"
>> gnome_enable=3D"YES"
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>=20
>> The following command is to allow startx to be executed.
>>=20
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>> *# echo "/usr/local/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc*
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>>=20
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>> *To allow regular user to su to root,**# pw groupmod wheel -m teo-en-ming=
*
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>> *************************************************************************=
**
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>> I can still type in my password on the gdm login prompt. But after
>> logging into the GNOME Desktop Environment, I cannot type anything
>> with my keyboard! No characters appear on the screen. I can only use
>> my mouse. I tried to reboot but every time the system boots into gdm.
>> I also tried to enter Single User Mode, but I can't modify
>> /etc/rc.conf as the root filesystem is mounted read only. What can I
>> do?
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>> I am looking forward to your reply.
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>> Yours sincerely,
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>> Teo En Ming
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>>=20
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>> You need to enable hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf  , then either reboot th=
e
>> vm or drop out of gdm start the services and restart gdm . You can also
>> disable hal , there are some good examples on the FreeBSD wiki , also che=
ck
>> out the links below .
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>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
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>> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html
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>> ---
>> Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org
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